Barrel-lifter.



No. 649,480. Patented May I5, |900. J. F. REILLY.

BARREL LIFTER.

(Application led Jan. 25, 1900.;

(No Model.)

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.TOIIN F. REILLY, 0F NEV YORK, N. Y.

BARREL-LIFTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 649,480, dated May 15,1900.

Application filed J'anuaryZ, 1900. Serial N0. 2,703. (No model.)

To f/,ZZ zij/wm t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN F. REILLY, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of New York city, county and State of NewYork, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in BarrelLifters, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved lifter adapted to grasp kegs andbarrels and permit them to be lowered into basements or to be otherwisetransported.

By my invention kegs of dil'ferent sizes may be readily secured to anddetached from the hoisting-rope,so that the labor connected with theirmanipulation is greatly reduced.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation, partly insection, of my improved barrel-lifter. Fig. 2 is an end view thereof;Fig. 3, a detail face View of the upper jaw e; Fig. 4, a longitudinalsection on line 4c 4, Fig. 3; Fig. 5, a plan of the lower jaw CZ withthe ends broken ott; and Fig. G, a longitudinal section of said jaw online 6 6, Fig. 5.

rlhe letters a a represent a pair of tongs provided with handles d andadapted to grasp a keg or barrel A. A bail b, hung on the pivot a2 ofthe tongs, is adapted for the attachment of the hoisting-rope, by meansot' which the tongs,together with the keg grasped thereby, may belowered or raised. At its lower end each tong-arm is perforated for thereception of a pin or pivot c, upon the inner ends of each of which aremounted a pair of jaws CZ e. The lower jaw d is provided with alongitudinal slot d', that receives the pivot c, and at its lower endwith a pair of weighted feet d2, that tend to hold the jaw normally inan upright position. The upper jaw e is grasped by a sleeve d'l of thelower jaw and is provided with one or more perforations e for thereception of the pivot c. I prefer to have a number of perforations e injaw e, so that the apparatus may be set to kegs or barrels of differentdiameters. It will be seen that the lower jaw can slide along the upperjaw and that owing to the weighted base of the latter both jaws willmaintain an upright position. Corrugated inner contact-faces d3 e2 onthe jaws tend to bind them in position. 5o

The lower jaws d will now by gravity When the tongs are to bedisengaged, the rope 6o is slackened to withdraw the jaws e and permitthe tongs to be opened sufciently to clear the barrel.

It will be seen that by my invention kegs and barrels may be readilygrasped and transported, so as to greatly lessen the labor heretoforeconnected with their manipulation.

What I claim is l. A barrel-lifter composed of a pair of tongs, and apair of jaws connected to each 7o of the tong-arms, one jaw beingadapted to slide along the other jaw, substantially as specified.

2. A barrel-lifter composed of a pair of tongs, and a pair of jawsconnected to each of the tongar1ns, the lower jaw being weighted at itslower end and adapted to slide along the upper jaw, substantially asspecified.

3. A barrel-lifter composed of a pair of tongs, a suspending-bail, and apair of jaws pivoted to each of the tong-arms, the lower jaw having alongitudinal slot and a divided lower weighted end, and being adapted toslide along the upper jaw, substantially as speciiied.

Signed by me at New York city, county and State 01": New York, this 24thday of January, 1900.

` JCI-IN F. REILLY. Vitnesses:

WILLIAM SCHULZ,

F. v. BRInsEN.

